Artificial fish-bait



W. S. WARDEN.

ARTIFICIAL FISH BAITL APPLICATION FILED Auelao, 1919.

1,380,876. Patented June 7, 1921.

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' WILLIAM S. WARDEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO BAKER, MURRAY IMBRIE,

me, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORIORATION OF NEW YORK.

ARTIFICIAL FISH-BAIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 7, 19211..

Application filed August 30, 1919. Serial No. 320,908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. WARDEN, a citizen of Czecho-Slovakia, and resldent of New York, in the county of New York anda minnow, the body portion of which is formed of glass or other transparent or translucent material and provided with a water-tight chamber containing a luminous or light-producing substance, such, for example as a radium compound, mesothorium, or zinc sulfid. At the opposite ends of this body portion are located the head and tail members which are held in position on the body member by suitable connecting strips, to which latter the-hooks may be attached. hen the bait or lurethus formed is lowered into the water, the light emanating from the drawings forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a plan view of a bait or lure embodying my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

The body of thebait, indicated at 2, may be made of any suitable transparent or translucent material and of any desired form, but I prefer to make it of glass and of a form corresponding generally to that of the body of a minnow or similar small fish, as shown. This body portion is formed with a suitable chamber 3, here shown as extending longitudinally through the center thereof, in which is contained the luminous material 4. In order to properly preserve the latter, its containing chamber is of coufi'se suitably sealed to render it watertig t. Y

Sditably attached to the opposite ends of this body portion 2 are the head and tail members, 5 and 6 respectively, which are preferably made of metal and of a form to maintain the bait in proper position in the water, the head 5 having laterally projecting fins 6 serving this purpose. I

As a means for firmly securing the said head and tail members in connection with the body 2, they are each formed with an annular flanged portion 7 to closely fit over the adjacent ends of the body portion, and are held in such position and against longitudinal displacementiby means of connections 8, here shown in the form of a single wire or metal strip soldered or otherwlse attached at its ends to the head member 5,

as at 10 and 11, and from thence extending I rearwardly in loop form to and about the tail member as shown. It will be understood of course-that any suitable means ma be employed for holding these head and tall members in position on the body member without departure from the invention, but the wire shown constitutes a simple, effective and inexpensive means for the purpose, and also provides a convenient means for the attachment of the hooks 12, which latter are here shown as connected with said wire 8 in eyes 14 formed by loops in the wire, as shown.

- As a means for attaching the bait to the line, the head is here shown as provided with a ring 15 in the mouth thereof to which is connected the usual swivel line attachment 16."

It will be clear from the foregoing that my invention provides a self-luminous bait or lure, that is inexpensive, durable and members having annular flanged portions Signed at New York, in the county of v fitted to the opposite ends of said body, a New York, and State of New York, this strip connecting said members for holding 25th day of August, A. D. 1919.

them in position on the body and formed WILLIAM S. WARDEN. with loops adjacent its opposite ends and Witnesses: hooks loosely connected with said loops of EDNA WARDEN,

the strip. 4 I CHARLES SRIPP, 

